War Quotes

Those who fought, those who protested, and those who survived reflect on humanity's darkest impulse.

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"War leaves scars that no amount of time can fully heal."
Pod
P
"War tests the mettle of men's souls."
Pod
D
"Your people do not know war as we know it."
Drogo
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"The only real enemy is the one holding a weapon."
Haymitch Abernathy
H
"War is just the Hunger Games on a bigger scale."
Haymitch Abernathy
D
"War is the only honesty between nations."
Drogon
R
"In war, there are no victors, only survivors and the dead."
Rhaegar Targaryen
M
"War teaches us that peace is humanity's greatest treasure."
Missandei
V
"In the game of thrones, there are no innocents, only the quick and the dead."
Varys
V
"The council chamber is a battlefield where no swords are drawn."
Varys
P
"War brings out the worst in men, but sometimes it brings out the best."
Pod
G
"The Unsullied are not men. We are weapons."
Grey Worm
G
"There's no such thing as a clean war."
Gilly
D
"I will take what is mine with fire and blood."
Drogo
M
"War destroys; peace builds."
Missandei
M
"War is failure dressed in honor and glory."
Missandei
S
"In the midst of war, knowledge becomes the rarest treasure."
Sam Tarly
S
"War teaches us the value of peace in ways peace never can."
Sam Tarly
T
"War is never glorious, despite what the songs claim. It's blood and loss and pain."
Tormund Giantsbane
T
"War teaches you that life is precious beyond measure."
Tormund Giantsbane
M
"Wars are won by men, not by talk."
Mountain
V
"The game of thrones admits no mercy."
Varys
V
"The greatest battles are fought in shadows, not on fields."
Varys
V
"Those who play the game must be willing to lose."
Varys
P
"War is the failure of all other languages."
Pod
M
"War is inevitable when men refuse to listen to prophecy."
Melisandre
S
"A true soldier does not question orders. He executes them."
Stannis Baratheon
S
"A true soldier fights not for love, but for duty."
Stannis Baratheon
B
"The cost of peace is sometimes war. Remember that."
Brienne
B
"War teaches what peace never will."
Brienne